Hospital director working to 'move ... beyond the past'

10:51 PM,
Apr. 27, 2013

Joe Battle

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Joe Battle has barely been on the job a year as director of the G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and he's already faced an investigation by the Office of Special Counsel and an audience with many angry veterans.

Still, he has no regrets about taking the post in Jackson.

"I came as a choice," said the 55-year-old administrator, who started his career as an engineer. "I came here with the goal to build trust in the organization, veterans and anybody in the community to move our hospital beyond the past." ...